Max Baca, this week’s guest on Viva Tejano, is a true standard-bearer in tejano music. He was just seven years old when he started playing onstage with his dad’s conjunto band. He went on to play in ...
For a city that proudly calls itself the capital of Tejano music, San Antonio has long been missing a permanent place to honor the genre’s pioneers and preserve its history. That gap officially closed ...
For a city that proudly calls itself the capital of Tejano music, San Antonio has long been missing a permanent place to honor the genre’s pioneers and preserve its history. That gap officially closed ...
Texas is a powerhouse when it comes to producing notable musicians in all genres. From Van Cliburn to George Strait, Miranda Lambert to Beyoncé, and Bob Wills to Ornette Coleman, Texas can boast of ...
Some of Texas’ earliest non-indigenous residents were Tejanos, settlers of Hispanic ancestry who played a pivotal, if largely unsung, role in the tumultuous path from obscure Spanish colony to ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Members of LULAC Council 1 were invited Monday to a special screening of Los Tejanos: A 500-Year History at Del Mar College’s Wolfe Recital Hall. The film tells the rich and ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner marked the start of Tejano History Month during a celebration at City Hall. The proclamation, which was read by City Council member Robert ...
KATY, Texas — It was a milestone night for one rising South Texas star at the Texas Rodeo Saloon in Katy on Friday. San Antonio’s own Jenny B took home the coveted Best New Artist award at the Tejano ...
Inside the Alamo gift shop, a customer can buy everything from coonskin caps and John Wayne shot glasses to coffee mugs and T-shirts featuring Alamo heroes William Barret Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy ...
From the Voces Oral History Center: Selena Quintanilla-Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Along with her two older siblings, she formed a band and played at their family’s ...